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No. 582,339. Patented May 11, 1897.

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NITED STATESV PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT L. BOYD, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

INKSTAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,339, dated May 11, 1897.

Application iiled March l5, 1897. Serial No. 627,572. (No model.)

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT L..BoYD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Inkstands, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved inkstand which is so constructed that the pen can be dipped into the ink only to a certain predetermined depth `and the danger of getting too much ink upon the pen is avoided.

The invention consists in an inkstand having a large reservoir for the supply of ink and a smaller reservoir for a smaller quantity of ink, which reservoirs are in communication with each other and so constructed that by tilting the inkstand in the direction toward the smaller reservoir the ink iiows from the larger reservoir into the smaller one, and when the inkstand is placed back in its normal position the greater part of the ink runs back into the .larger reservoir, but sufficient ink remains in the smaller reservoir to permit of supplying the pen with the requisite quantity of ink by dipping it into the smaller reservolr.

The invention also consists in the construction and combination of parts and details, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view 0f my improved inkstand. Figs. 2 and 3 are side views, partly in section, showing modiiied constructions.

The inkstand A, which is made of a single continuons piece of glass, or, if desired, may be made of rubber, metal, or other suitable material, is provided with a reservoir B, closed entirely and having a fiat base C, so that it will stand well on a desk. The front part of the bottom of the reservoir B is inclined upward, as at C', toward a laterally-projecting neck D near the top of the reservoir B, which neck leads into a smaller reservoir E, the bottom E of which is some distance from the bridge G, forming the bottom of the neck D. The small reservoir E is provided in its top with an opening H, through which the pen is inserted to dip it into the ink.

As the bottom of the small reservoir E is some distance above the bottom C of the large reservoir B, a suitable support of some kind must be attached to the under side of the smaller reservoir to support the same, and the same preferably consists of a metal foot J, screwed or otherwise fastened to the bottom of the said small reservoir, so that when the inkstand is placed upon a desk it will rest upon the bottom C of the large reservoir B and upon the bottom of the foot J.

When the inkstand is to be used, the same is tilted toward the small reservoir E-that is to say, the reservoir B is raised to such an extent that the ink flows over the bridge G into the reservoir E, and then the inkstand is placed back into its normal position, when all the ink above the level of the bridge iiows from the small reservoir back into the large reservoir except that below the level of the bridge G, which ink remains in the small reservoir.

The pen can only be dipped until its nib strikes the bottom of the reservoir E, and as there is only a certain depth of ink in the small reservoir it follows that the pen can only be dipped into the ink a certain depth,

and thus too much ink cannot be taken up by the pen.

When the ink in the small reservoir is consumed by frequent dipping and a fresh supply is required in the small reservoir, all that is necessary is to again tilt the inkstand so that the ink flows from the large reservoir B into the small reservoir E. This can be continued until all the ink in the large reservoir has been gradually transferred into the small reservoir and4 removed from the same by frequent dipping of the pen. In order to prevent the nib of the pen striking against the glass in the bottom of the small reservoir, the said small reservoir E may be provided at its bottom with an enlargement K for receiving and holding the edges of a washer, cushion, or pad L, made of rubber, felt, cork, or similar material.

As it might happen that by carelessly tilting the inkstand in the manner' described above some of the ink might iow out of the opening H, I guard against this by inserting IOO a neck M into the dipping-hole I-I, which neck M extends some distance down into the small reservoirE and may be made of metal, glass, rubber, or any other suitable material. While it does not interfere with the dipping of the pen, it to a very great extent prevents the spilling of the ink in careless tilting. In filling the inkstand it is only necessary to pour the ink through the opening or dip-hole I'I into the smaller reservoir, in which it accumulates, and finally Iiows over the bridge D into the larger reservoir B. However, the inkstand should not be filled higher than the level of the bridge Gr, as indicated by the dotted line in Fig. l.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-M An inkstand, composed of a vessel having two reservoirs, separated from each other by a bridge, but in communication with each other by the space above the bridge, and of which reservoirs one has' its bottom below that of the other, and an independent support attached to the under side of the shallower reservoir, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two Witnesses, this 10th day of March,

OsoAnk F. GUNZ, N. M. FLANNERY. 

